National Regional Profile: Mount Gambier (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA44620   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
147
177
176
209
124
Total dwelling unitsno.
153
227
191
213
135
Value of total residential building$m
21.6
27.0
30.4
33.5
29.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.3
4.4
15.8
6.6
16.4
Value of total building$m
27.9
31.4
46.2
40.1
45.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
563
492
590
605
617
Other vehiclesno.
502
517
599
597
535
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 065
1 009
1 190
1 201
1 152
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
12 785
12 819
12 917
13 080
13 287
Campervansno.
74
70
69
67
73
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 164
3 204
3 267
3 312
3 328
Light rigid trucksno.
57
68
86
84
89
Heavy rigid trucksno.
434
450
445
462
481
Articulated trucksno.
804
827
763
702
696
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
24
17
14
40
20
Busesno.
63
57
58
63
67
Motorcyclesno.
656
651
675
696
725
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
18 060
18 162
18 294
18 506
18 766
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
542
541
542
540
542
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
134
135
137
137
136
Light rigid trucksno.
2
3
4
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
19
19
19
20
Articulated trucksno.
34
35
32
29
28
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
1
Busesno.
3
2
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
28
27
28
29
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
766
766
767
764
766
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 347
3 660
3 103
2 533
2 108
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 542
12 138
12 717
13 367
13 933
Dieselno.
2 086
2 262
2 359
2 490
2 592
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
85
102
116
116
134
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
464.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
n.p.
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
n.p.
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
36
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
44
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
266
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0